Peter Friedman
Peter Friedman (born April 24, 1949) is an American stage, screen, and television actor. Born in New York City, Friedman graduated from Hofstra University before making his Broadway debut in The Great God Brown in 1972. Additional theatre credits include The Visit (1973), Piaf and A Soldier's Play (both 1981), The Heidi Chronicles (1989), Ragtime (1998), and Twelve Angry Men (2004). He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outstanding Actor in a Play, and Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. On television, Friedman starred as patriarch George Silver in Brooklyn Bridge, has made numerous guest appearances in such series as Miami Vice, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer, and Damages, and had a featured role in Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder. Friedman's many feature film credits include Prince of the City, Daniel, The Seventh Sign, Single White Female, I'm Not Rappaport, I Shot Andy Warhol, Safe, Freedomland, The Savages, and I'm Not There. Friedman married actress Joan Allen in 1990. The couple divorced in 2002. They have one daughter, Sadie, born in March 1994.
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All Credits (74)
Governors Island
as Robin
Farther Along
as Harvey Mitchum
King Hamlet
as Self
The Variable
as Unknown
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
as Tateh
Carmen & Moony
as Louis
She Said
as Lanny Davis
Daddy's Girl
as Robert
Good Grief
as Uncle Harold
Stars in the House
as Self
Sundowners
as Unknown
Succession
as Frank Vernon
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as George
5 Doctors
as Dr. Lipman
Keep in Touch
as Dallen Parcel
The Affair
as Robert
Side Effects
as Banks' Partner #1
666 Park Avenue
as Samuel Steinberg
Made in Jersey
as Henry Sohn
Coming Up Roses
as Charles
Person of Interest
as Lawrence Szilard
Harvest
as Carmine Monopoli
The Messenger
as Mr. Cohen
Spinning Into Butter
as Jay Salter
Breaking Upwards
as Alan
Synecdoche, New York
as Emergency Room Doctor
The Savages
as Larry
I'm Not There
as Morris Bernstein / Barker
Damages
as District Attorney
Unconscious
as Father William
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Scoop Rosenbaum (segment "The Heidi Chronicles")
Heist
as Rabbi
Freedomland
as Lt. Gold
Ghost Whisperer
as Steve Burris
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Tateh (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)
King of the Corner
as Arthur Wexler
Paycheck
as Attorney General Brown
Without a Trace
as Damon
Power and Beauty
as Sam Giancana
Two Against Time
as Robert Portman
Baby Bob
as Peter
Someone Like You...
as Stephen, Alice's Husband
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder
as Peter Hofstrom
Creating Ragtime
as Tateh
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Kohn
I'm Not Rappaport
as Young Nat's Father
I Shot Andy Warhol
as Alan Burke
The Heidi Chronicles
as Scoop Rosenbaum
Safe
as Peter Dunning
Blink
as Dr. Ryan Pierce
Single White Female
as Graham Knox
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
as Richard Emery
Brooklyn Bridge
as George Silver
Law & Order
as Nolan Farber
Law & Order
as William Goodwin
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Harold Jensen
Hothouse
as David
The Seventh Sign
as Father Lucci
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Harry
Finnegan Begin Again
as John Jewell
Miami Vice
as Morgan
Piaf
as 'Papa' Leplée / American Sailor
Daniel
as Ben Cohen
Rage of Angels
as Larry
Prince of the City
as Goldman
Christmas Evil
as Mr. Grosch
The Muppet Show
as Crocodile / Banana (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Lead Mop (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Andre the Artist (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Pa (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Additional Muppets (voice)
The Rules of the Game
as Unknown
Great Performances
as Unknown